io.github.rex/rancher-mcp MCP Server

Name: io.github.rex/rancher-mcp MCP Server
Author: io.github.rex

io.github.rex/rancher-mcp

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What is the io.github.rex/rancher-mcp MCP server?

Capability-aware MCP server for Rancher-managed Kubernetes: discovery, resources, workflows.

How to install io.github.rex/rancher-mcp

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

RANCHER_URL
required
Rancher server URL (single-instance mode)
RANCHER_TOKEN
required
secret
Rancher API token (token-xxxxx:yyyyyyyyy)
RANCHER_VERIFY_SSL
Verify TLS certificates (default true)
RANCHER_INSTANCES_JSON
secret
Multi-instance config JSON (overrides single-instance mode; supports per-instance read_only)

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rancher-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "rancher-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RANCHER_URL": "<YOUR_RANCHER_URL>",
        "RANCHER_TOKEN": "<YOUR_RANCHER_TOKEN>",
        "RANCHER_VERIFY_SSL": "<YOUR_RANCHER_VERIFY_SSL>",
        "RANCHER_INSTANCES_JSON": "<YOUR_RANCHER_INSTANCES_JSON>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rancher-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "rancher-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RANCHER_URL": "<YOUR_RANCHER_URL>",
        "RANCHER_TOKEN": "<YOUR_RANCHER_TOKEN>",
        "RANCHER_VERIFY_SSL": "<YOUR_RANCHER_VERIFY_SSL>",
        "RANCHER_INSTANCES_JSON": "<YOUR_RANCHER_INSTANCES_JSON>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rancher-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "rancher-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RANCHER_URL": "<YOUR_RANCHER_URL>",
        "RANCHER_TOKEN": "<YOUR_RANCHER_TOKEN>",
        "RANCHER_VERIFY_SSL": "<YOUR_RANCHER_VERIFY_SSL>",
        "RANCHER_INSTANCES_JSON": "<YOUR_RANCHER_INSTANCES_JSON>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "rancher-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "rancher-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RANCHER_URL": "<YOUR_RANCHER_URL>",
        "RANCHER_TOKEN": "<YOUR_RANCHER_TOKEN>",
        "RANCHER_VERIFY_SSL": "<YOUR_RANCHER_VERIFY_SSL>",
        "RANCHER_INSTANCES_JSON": "<YOUR_RANCHER_INSTANCES_JSON>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add rancher-mcp --env RANCHER_URL=<YOUR_RANCHER_URL> --env RANCHER_TOKEN=<YOUR_RANCHER_TOKEN> --env RANCHER_VERIFY_SSL=<YOUR_RANCHER_VERIFY_SSL> --env RANCHER_INSTANCES_JSON=<YOUR_RANCHER_INSTANCES_JSON> -- uvx rancher-mcp